The Board remands several issues related to service connection and initial rating claims, including psychiatric disorders, eye conditions, nasal obstruction, and various skin conditions, for further development of the record.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for outstanding records and a mental health examination to clarify the Veteran's mental health diagnoses and etiologies.
- Claimed conditions
- Facial scarring due to acne and cystic lesions, Painful scars of the face and left heel, Linear scar of the left lower extremity (heel of foot), Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder, ADHD/ADD, and delusional parasitosis, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bilateral eye disorder, to include dry eye syndrome, corneal scarring, and infectious keratitis, Left side nasal obstruction, Neurologic disorder affecting the face, to include neurodermatitis, Neurologic disorder affecting the left heel or leg, to include neurodermatitis, Neurologic disorder affecting the low back, to include neurodermatitis, Skin condition of prurigo nodularis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24032272
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the condition and an in-service incident of military sexual trauma (MST).
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